Sarah Berry

• Project management: Develop project workflows, goals, standards and procedures
• Assess project timelines and oversee overall quality, efficiency, and research value
• Digital asset management: File renaming and organization, file aggregation and format conversion
• Organize NWBSN partition of the University Library’s file storage system according to digital preservation best practices and industry standards
• Curate a collection of indigenous and cultural born-digital materials to assess file quality, research value, and restriction status
• Select files to prepare for public display in the digital collections
• Assess copyright, provenance, and privacy for a wide variety of materials, carefully balancing public access standards with respect for potential legal and cultural restrictions
• Metadata creation: Develop standardized and uniform controlled vocabularies, manually create metadata for over 2,000 items held by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation Tribal Library, and conduct regular quality control reviews and metadata remediation
• Conduct historical and genealogical research to identify people, places, dates, or other necessary information for publicly accessible digital assets
• Transcribe handwritten notes, letters, labels, and other texts for the purpose of creating accurate metadata for curated indigenous materials uploaded to the Library digital collection
• Coordinate and communicate regularly with project stakeholders including the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, the Church History Library, and private donors of materials in the NWBSN collection
• Maintain positive working relationships with all stakeholders to ensure ongoing success of the project
• Write, edit, or contribute copy for public-facing materials including the digital collection landing page and Marginalia newsletter
• Present on the NWBSN project at the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists (CIMA), April 2023
• Train and supervise a student assistant
• Create training materials and instructional guides
• Conduct regular student evaluations and one-on-one meetings, and assist with interviews and evaluations unit-wide
• Participate in Library committees organized to address topics such as file management procedures, metadata workflows, and harmful language and content statements
• Assist and contribute to digital projects as needed using Omeka S and CONTENTdm software.

Brigham Young Papers Project

• Team management and infrastructure organization
• Electronic records management using Omeka S.
• Assign metadata, labels, and descriptive text
• Write plain text html transcripts for improved user access
• Work with board members and IT team to develop a functional archive using the Omeka S platform
• Front and back-end development for the digital archive is currently in progress
• Transcribe select handwritten correspondence (dated 19th-century)
• Consult with transcribing team to develop standardized transcription guidelines according to best practices
• Organize electronic transcription backup files using data management software
• Develop/write training guides and visual aids for volunteers (transcribing, metadata inputting)
• Establish copyright and fair use permissions with the Church History Library, the holding institution of the Brigham Young papers.

Work closely with Executive Director and the all-volunteer staff on the following projects:

• Archiving and artifact research
• Interpretive signage and artifact labels
• Museum flow and display design
• Handling artifacts and documents for display and storage
• Artifact photography
• Author/Curator of the 2022 online exhibit, “Shoemaking in 19th-Century Cache Valley.” https://cdup.omeka.net/exhibits/show/shoemaking-in-19th-century-cac/about-the-exhibit
• Educational materials including guest informational binder and flyers for the Cache Valley historic home tour (2019)

• CanSurvive event logistics and planning
• Volunteer training and management

• Oversee daily district office operations.
• Supervise/manage staff through hiring, training, work performance reviews, discipline and assigning ongoing tasks and responsibilities.
• Volunteer recruitment, management and training.
• Create and maintain annual office budgets, as well as individual program and event budgets.
• Plan, manage and execute a variety of special events and fundraising programs. Provide and monitor ongoing development of all district projects through strategic planning and evaluation.
• Oversee all business development for the Utah District by developing new partnerships and leveraging existing relationships to encourage program participation and sponsorship.
• Act as the official MDA representative for the State of Utah by conducting public speaking engagements with community-based organizations.
• Maintain effective public and media relations and generate media exposure through relationship development with media personnel, press releases and press conferences.
• Vendor negotiation and contract management.
• Guide the strategy for advertising, sales and marketing initiatives. Create marketing materials.
• Plan and organize MDA summer camp. Screen and manage adult camp counselors, supervise campers and volunteers, oversee camp activities and adherence to MDA policies.

• Create and manage budget, income and expenses.
• Prepare and submit tax returns, annual reports, and operational permit documents.
• Supervise and coordinate volunteers and volunteer programs.
• Develop, organize and implement community fundraising programs. Plan and promote community outreach events.
• Schedule and direct monthly board meetings. Worked closely with the board to create and implement the overall strategic plan for the organization.
• Direct all public/media relations, branding and general marketing.
• Grant research and writing, prospecting potential sponsors, social networking and encouraging community education and involvement.
• Communicate directly with supporters/donors via mailings, yearly solicitation and correspondence.
• Advocate for local African immigrant and refugee groups to increase awareness for OFDC’s overseas programs.
• Travel to Kenya and interact with sponsored students, families and recipients of donor funds.
• Worked with Founder/Programs Director to plan and implement women’s microcredit loan programs, water/health projects and education sponsorships.